I am interested in a house for sale. It is a Victorian semi with gable roof which is laid in concrete tiles.
It is being sold as a 2 bed house with loft room and it must be some form of ladder access. In the loft is a fully fitted out bedroom with double bed, wardrobe, TV. No en-suite. No dormer but one velux type window.
My question is this - given that the room is plasterboarded and carpeted how would a surveyor be able to test the joists, if I went for a full structural survey?
Assuming it was done 25 years or so ago, is there a chance it confroms to regs as they were at the time? I think they can't have a completion certificate because of the fact the house is being sold as a 2 bed. But is it possible I could obtain one assuming the work was done correctly?
Or alternatively should I really be thinking in terms of discounting it entirely?
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-61502329.html
It is being sold as a 2 bed house with loft room and it must be some form of ladder access. In the loft is a fully fitted out bedroom with double bed, wardrobe, TV. No en-suite. No dormer but one velux type window.
My question is this - given that the room is plasterboarded and carpeted how would a surveyor be able to test the joists, if I went for a full structural survey?
Assuming it was done 25 years or so ago, is there a chance it confroms to regs as they were at the time? I think they can't have a completion certificate because of the fact the house is being sold as a 2 bed. But is it possible I could obtain one assuming the work was done correctly?
Or alternatively should I really be thinking in terms of discounting it entirely?
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-61502329.html